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Air quality |
Refers to the condition of the airwithin the surrounding.It is a measure of how clean orPolluted the air is. |
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Good Air Quality |
pertains to the degreewhich air is clean, clear and free frompollution. |
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Bad air quality |
can affect or harmhuman health and/or the environment. |
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Airborne particles |
referred to as Particulate Matter or " PM “- amixture of solids and liquid droplets floating inthe air.-others form in complicated chemical reactionsin the atmosphere-Includes Dust, Dirt, Soot, Smoke and LiquidDroplets .etc. |
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Natural Sources |
which includesbushfire, dust storm, pollens, andsea spray. |
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Related Human Activity |
- includemotor vehicle emissions, industrialprocesses (e.g electricity generator,incinerators and stone crushing),unpaved roads and wood heaters. |
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Aerodynamic diameter |
This particles can be classified on the basis oftheir size, referred to as their |
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Coarse particles |
between 10 and 2.5micrometer |
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Fine particles |
smaller than 2.5micrometer |
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Ultrafine diameter |
smaller than 0.1micrometer |
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smoke |
cloudy gray orblack mixture ofair and very smallpieces of carbonproduced bysomething that isburning. |
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Smoko Emission |
-Is a collection of airborne solidand liquid particles and gasesemitted when a materialundergoes combustion orpyrolysis, together with thequantity of air that is entrained ormixed into mass. |
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Opacimeter |
, detectand measure the amount oflight blocked in smokeemitted by diesel enginesfrom cars, trucks, ships,buses, motorcycles,locomotives and largestacks from industrialoperations. |